France's controversial reforms to pension age pass constitutional test

French President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship pension reform, which triggered weeks of nationwide protests, received the Constitutional Council’s green light on Friday and can now be signed into law.

The legislation, which pushes the age at which one can draw a full pension to 64 from 62, is deeply unpopular in France and has triggered huge protests.

But in what will be a major relief to Macron and his government, the country’s Constitutional Council gave its approval — with just some minor caveats.

Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt said the law would enter into force on Sept.1 as initially planned, brushing off requests by unions not to promulgate it in the face of huge